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concerned, the warfare is now almost concluded ; and, save that an occasional squabble 

 occurs over some reserve, there is peace. 



If Hay is massive and rectangular, Deniliquin is charmingly irregular. At every 

 turn there is something to admire. Its public garden and lake, with shady trees and 

 bowers, are bewitchingly attractive. It is a busy place, too, with a fine town hall, which 

 is the neater building, though its court house is the larger ; the latter is also superior 

 to any justice hall in the metropolis. The local Pastoral Society is noted for the excel- 

 lence of its shows of sheep, while there is a race-course as good as any in the colony. 

 The railway from Deniliquin runs forty-five miles to meet the Victorian line at Echuca 

 on the River Murray, the complete distance to Melbourne being only about two hundred 

 miles. Ten years have passed since a private company obtained the right to construct 

 the link which binds Deniliquin to the Victorian capital, the object being to secure the 

 western trade to Melbourne. The concession was a great boon to Riverina ; and, despite 

 the subsequent extension of the New South Wales railway to Hay, the private line 

 still does a good business. Jerilderie is not more than fifty miles from Deniliquin, so 

 it will be seen that this portion of the colony is well supplied with means of speedy 

 transit. The Deniliquin State School is one of the best in the colony ; indeed, taken as 

 a whole, the town has received a fair share of the public funds. The district pastures 

 more than a million sheep and ten thousand horses and cattle ; the pure-bred herds and 

 flocks, of which there are several, attract many customers ; agriculture is increasing every 

 year, and already some of the large freehold estates are being divided so that they may 

 be leased or sold for farming purposes. 



The border town on the Murray nearest to Deniliquin is Moama, formerly known 

 as Maiden's Punt. A railway bridge now spans the river to Echuca, a town on the 

 Victorian side, which has wholly outstripped its northern rival. Moama has a large dock, 

 and takes an active part in the shipping trade, and being on the border has its customs 

 house. But it is on the wrong side of the river for trade, and the country behind it 

 is more used for pasture than for tillage. There is some cultivation done, and it has a 

 store of wealth in its large forests of red-gum trees, which, however, are now strictly 

 conserved for future use. 



Down the Murray from this point there are several pastoral centres. Euston, six 

 hundred and fifty miles south-west of Sydney, is a crossing-place, and has a customs 

 station, but Wentworth is the principal town of this far-distant quarter of the colony. 

 Here on the banks of the Darling, near its confluence with the Murray, and over seven 

 hundred miles from the metropolis, is a flourishing settlement. Being close to the borders of 

 South Australia there is regular communication with Adelaide, and it is expected that both 

 Victoria and South Australia will stretch their railways as far as Wentworth. It is probable 

 that some time in the future the South-Western Line of this colon)- may be extended 

 so far, but in the absence of railway lines Wentworth has an extensive steam-boat trade. 



t'p the Murray from Moama is the delightful little centre, Corowa, which is four 

 hundred miles from the metropolis and forty miles west of Albury. This is one of the 

 most fertile parts of the valley of the Murray a perfect paradise for agriculturists ; a 

 place with a great future, pasturing at present about a million head of stock, much of 

 its progress being due to the efforts of the local Agricultural Society. Over the 



